It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

